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Ryan Coogler's Sinners breaks the Academy Awards' nomination record with 16 nominations, surpassing the previous record of 14, held by three films (Clayton Davis/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/sinners-oscars-nominations-record…

'Sinners' Breaks Oscar Nominations Record With 16 Nods
"Sinners" breaks the all-time Oscar nominations record with 16 nods.

POL-HK: Oerbke: Kradfahrer schwer verletzt; Bad Fallingbostel: Unter Drogeneinfluss Heidekreis (ots) - 22.03.2026 / Kradfahrer schwer verletzt Oerbke: Am Sonntagmittag kam es kurz vor 12:30 Uhr auf der Platzrandstraße, zwischen Ostenholz und Bad Fallingbostel, zu einem Verkehrsunfall mit einem alleinbeteiligten Motorradfahrer. Der ... https://www.

AI companies are raising at valuations that require them to grow at rates that are only achievable by chasing the broadest possible market with the most generic possible product.
A company that raises at a $500M valuation needs to show a path to billions in revenue,
which means it can't afford to be a niche tool that does one thing brilliantly for a specific audience.
It has to be a platform, horizontal, aimed at enterprise, built for no one in particular.
Ever…

Everyone in AI is building the wrong thing for the same reason
Every AI founder I talk to is on an accelerating treadmill, burdened by a nagging suspicion that the entire industry is moving too fast in a direction that doesn't quite make sense, with no idea about how to get off. There is an overwhelming feeling that if everyone stopped and

The non-exodus of California billionaires
The media says they’re fleeing a wealth tax. Except, they’re not.
Nary a day has passed of late that hasn’t seen stories about the billionaires’ flight from California, lest they be subjected to a proposed wealth tax that hasn’t yet gathered the required signatures to qualify for the ballot. The fact that there is no billionaires’ flight from California hasn’t impeded the flow of such tales.
https://americanprospect.bluelena.io/index.php?action=social&chash=28f7241796510e838db4a1384ae1279d.3942&s=a25f328e944fec8e9462e7b6d554a892

With YIMBYs like this, who needs NIMBYs?
*yes, SF YIMBY endorsed the two sponsors of this ordinance, Matt Dorsey and Bilal Mahmood
https://missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-soma-store-ban-drug-crime-deterrence/

S.F. supervisors vote to expand late-night store ban to parts of SoMa  
Board of Supervisors committee elevated a proposed store-closure ordinance, following public support from some community stakeholders

It's hard to approach the topic of Persona and all their partners without just falling into the suggestion of telling everyone to self-host their life online, it's probably gonna be what everyone needs to do eventually but in a way it's a platform-wide version of when we were leaving Twitter.

China investigates top general Zhang Youxia in rare purge of senior military leaders https://therecord.media/china-investigates-top-general-purge-senior-military-leaders

Gas and LNG expert Anne-Sophie Corbeau: "People really need to turn down their thermostats. We're heading for the Mother of all energy crises. Refilling Europe's gas storages could become the drama of the year."
Even more so for the Netherlands, where the filling level has now been run down to below 7%, I would add.
In Tijd.be, by Tobe Steel

The number of default-named #Meshtastic nodes in #Montreal is surprisingly high.
Like lots of `Meshtastic 40af`/`40af` nodes.
Is it like this everywhere? Why don't people configure their nodes? Am I just failing to read the configured name properly? So many questions…
Edit: adding screen…

POL-HK: Bad Fallingbostel: Schussabgaben auf Wettlokal Heidekreis (ots) - 22.03.2026 / Schussabgaben auf Wettlokal Bad Fallingbostel: In der Nacht zu Sonntag wurden gegen 03:00 Uhr mehrere Schüsse auf ein Wettlokal in der Düshorner Straße abgegeben. Nach bisherigen Erkenntnissen entstand ... https://www.presseportal.de/b…